Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-21
MORMON %OuTRAeEs.

Cleveland for the nomination lex year.
MORMON O%uTRAGES.
A Former YaRktOn Lady suffers at
n Hands OF Joe Smiths Followers
Driven from her Home.
The following is from Saturdays
Omaha Bee. The Mrs. Adah Stone who
writes the letter was formerly a resident
of Yanktoa and was known here as
Miss Adah Farnsworth, q trimmer in
Mrs. Coggins' millinery establishment.
After leaving here she married q man
named Ed Stone and they took up their
residence in Arizona:
Nj. Grant Williams. o gentleman ON
ployed in the office Of the car-service de.
partment Of the Union Pacific yesterday
received q letter from his aunt; Mrs.
Ada Stone, who lives ct Tuba City Ari-
IONA, a few miles from the Utah frontier,
The misslve is o particularly interesting
one, for it tells Of the outrageous treat
ment she. with all her friends, has re-
ceiyed ct the hands of the Mormons,
The letter is dated at Hubbers ranch, a
few miles from Tuba City, near the
Navalo's reservation. In it the writer
says: "We are ell here at HubbeIs
place. Have been driven on of house
and home by the Mormons. Old Lot
Smith is at the head OF the gang. He
is n of the heroes OF the Mountain
Meadow massacre and one OF the officers
OF the church. On the 30,h four OF
them came up to the store while
Ed and Barney we're after
the mail. They told Sam the place was
theirs, and they wanted it and would
give us ten days to get ont. They went
home. and that night Sam took the team
and went to Hubbel's to get all the men
from there. The next morning the Nor
mons came down and told US they had
, changed their mind and had come to
take it then. Ed. told them Sam had
gone after q load OF wood. and when he
! came back they would talk it over. The
Mormone said Sam had gone to Hubbel's
and they sent a man out on horseback to
!, see. They had three men on the "mesa'
(plateau) opposite the house and three or
four west, and more north about half q
mile and five at the house, all we'll
armed. All the guns we had were Sans
old Winchester rifle. an old shotgun and
Barney's revolver. Ed. stood them
va WAeh bhAuAt Mn @ LII bu6
scout ame back and told them
that Sam was coming with
ten men to protect us. Then Lot Smith
(the Mormon leader) jumped up and de-
manded that Barney come out OF the
house. Ed was outside with the Nor.
mons. / stood in the door and Barney
] was in the kitchen. When Barney came
to the door Smith grabbed him and
took his revolver. II was no use for to
shoot at them for they were eighteen 10
our three. and we only had seven car
tridges in the Winchester. The bishop
took Ed and held INN. while two other
men pointed guns at us, 30 that If we
moved they had the drop on us. OF
course we could do nothing. Then they
let go Of the boys. When the bishor
took hold of Ed l aimed the rifle at his
head. but Ed kept moving, and I knew
il / shot they would kill Ed and Barney
80 l dropped the gun. / had locked the
!, store and had the key in my pocket
! They demanded IL of Ed, He sale
they could't have it. Then they asked
Barney, and he said .Mrs. Stone has the
i key They asked me and I said "You
can't have IL sir" Then they broke open
, the store and began looking for guns,
i finding one there. They asked me to
open the house. I had looked il and
had the key. They then had Ed and
Barney in the store under guard. I ran
to the kitchen door and took hold of the
knob. One OF the Mormons told me 10
stand aside. I said: II will never lei
go this door till You take me away
Then he yanked me away and broke the
door down. / went in after him and he
searched the house, bed and ali. 1 was
right behind him all the time. Then be
took the guns and gave them to the par.
ties outside and went into the store
after him. Then l started out again to
60 and tell Sam how things were going.
| started down the hill. Smith, The
Mormon leader, told me to stop.
replied: This is q free country and I
will go where-I please
l Was bareaeaded and stopped to put
my apron about my neck. He said
"Don't dare 10 make that sign" kept
on and he ran to catch up and held his
gun to my head. saving, 0Stop or you'll
get hurt" ] thought it better to stop.
The hole In that gun looked bigger than
q cannon. I went back to the shore and
they tried to have Ed and I go up TO
Tuba under guard. We said NO. just
then the boys came up. They were sur
prised &c see all the Mormops there with
guns. Smith ordered them to halt,
They did, OF course..
The writer then goes on to tell how,
after q short parley, she and her husband,
with the other men, were compelled to
leave the ranch, overpowered by Che
superior number OF the Mormons. They
went TO Hnbbel's rancho, several. miles
from Tuba CITY. The writer concludes
twenty-five Navajo Indians came &c
the camp and they wen. to get more and
fight the Mormons, but we are going to
take the law. Sam starts for Flagstaff
in the morning to get a sheriff. We
shsil appeal TO the governor. But, SC
far, the. Mormons still hold the fort. =
Yours,
ADAH STONE"